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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always give a low amount to the group gift and give my own gift separately. [/quote]

Our daycare doesn't do a group gift (as far as I can tell).  But if they did I would give a small amount to that and give much larger individual gifts to DC's teachers because I'd rather see the bulk of my gifts go directly to the people who work directly with my kid than be pooled among two dozen teachers who have never met my kid.  (I'm at a larger center.)  OP, you may be seeing some of that effect, too.

I agree with you, OP, as to what people SHOULD give if they can afford it - and I give that much - but it's never okay to make assumptions about other people's finances because you never know what might be going on with them.

I think there's a lot of nuance here, though- I think holiday gifts for early childhood child care should be treated more like a bonus than a gift (the same way that I give the cleaning lady and the dog walker a week's salary at the holidays).  That kind of money is way more than I spend on gifts for my family and friends, but it's not really a gift, it's a bonus.  It's in the context of a business relationship.  I would never recommend giving a $100 gift to a K-12 teacher, though- for that kind of relationship a token gift is more appropriate.  But for the ladies spending all day with my baby and changing a million diapers a day and heating up bottles and teaching DC to walk, I think that's a totally different, much more personal, relationship.  I think it's clear, though, that a lot of people probably don't share my philosophy on that and that's okay.  And yes, I also wish child care salaries were much, much higher than they are (and I do advocate for that and send my child to a center that pays above market - but come on, they still make peanuts).[/quote]

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